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The Doors - L.A. Woman Audio CD

A fair review of the The Doors "L.A. Woman" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Doors reviews here, or go back to the The Doors tabs.

The Doors Band: The Doors
Title: L.A. Woman
Rating:
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Changeling 2: Love Her Madly 3: Been Down So Long 4: Cars Hiss by My Window 5: L.A. Woman 6: America 7: Hyacinth House 8: Crawling King Snake 9: WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) 10: Riders on the Storm

Huxley Pig!
The result of this hotchpotch of beatnick styled alchoholic hippy boyband is this, the bands 7th studio album, and to be honest, I would have thought that they would have gotten a handle on their respective roles by now to have made a better bunch of tunes than this. This mediocre Rolling Stones tribute act, heavily influenced by the awesome INXS, came up with this great album of whimsical attempts at crossing rock and blues with the keyboard madness of Roy Manzarek, blended with the vocal stylings of Jim Morrisons, with Freddie Kruger's special skills on drums and Jon Denver on placid guitar.

For a start, Mr Morrisons laid back attitude to convention belies his privileged upbringing as part of the supermarket family empire, which is still a big player in the food distribution scam. This kind of childhood, wanting for nothing, had crept into Jim's psyche and influenced his whole world view for the worse, including a propensity for the discounted Matey bubble bath that would eventually lead to his beard and demise in a Paris motel bathroom, overcome by the fumes of the bubbly mixture.

Currently buried in Pepe le Peu cemetery in Paris, Jims songs still play on, and are as popular as ever, probably because they can be sang and remembered whilst drunk. The songs on this album range from catchy like a cold to meandering self interest. The highlight for me is 'Raiders on the Storm', a song about his baby chickens from when he was a little lad. It starts with raining and has rumbles of lightning in the background too.

This album sounds good through the aqua hi-fi system too, with varied bass lines and twinkly organ melodies. For a manufactured boyband from so long ago, it is hard to imagine Take That ever being held with the same reverance that the Doors are. Cleverly named after the nickname of Diana Doors, this band seem destined to play on and on, even if they lost their Robbie to a bathtime mishap, they continue to shift CD's at a rate of knots.

All in all, buy this album to see what all the fuss is about. Failing that watch the film by Oliver North and see Valerie Kilmer do a bad impression based more on Michael Hutchings than Mr Morrisons. A good CD let down by poor quality songs and catchy tunes, well recommended - avoid!.


LA Woman, the last Doors' studio album remastered CD
After the remastering was done to the new release, the record sounds better than ever before. This was THE DOORS last studio record, and probably their best record. The original vinyl record came out in 1971, the same year Jim died along with Jimi Hendrix as well, but the record itself should be considered one of the best rock albums in rock and roll history. Morrison Hotel runs a close second.


Great Album Then -- Even Better Now
Arguably the Doors' best album. This album was great when it first came out. What makes it even better is the re-mastering and re-mixing of most of the tracks. I'm sure there are purest out there who hate to see anything this good tempered with - but I think it makes a great album even better.

Why Re-master and re-mix?

There is only one reason a label will do this - to sell more copies to the same folks (like me) who already has a copy or two (LPs, Cass. , CD). Just when I think I'm out, they pull me right back in. That's ok by me. I love this stuff and can't have too many copies of these classic albums. This is cleaner, clearer and better than the original, and I highly recommend it to previous Doors' fans.

If you are not currently a Doors' fan - try this one and you will be!

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One for the collection
My all time favorite is Strange Days followed by Morrison Hotel but this is equally as great. This album is certainly one of the many great Doors albums and a must have for the serious collector.


You should own every Doors album
but don't start here. . . . begin with the 1st album and move forward. You will find a rock catalog like no other. By the time the group released this recording, Jim's voice was trashed by all of the alcohol, singing and smog. He still managed to sound great in a classic bluesy way. The entire band sounds tight on this release and getting Jerry Scheff (Elvis' bass player) to record with them was a good move. Now for the songs - "Changeling" is a perfect way to open the album. "Love Her Madly" sounds commercial but is still memorable. How could one band be so dark, so "underground" and yet make songs that were played on the radio? Such is the magic of the Doors. I personally love "Cars Hiss By My Window", only the Doors could make this song. At the end, Jim decides to solo rather than Robbie, great vocal performance!! "L'America" is a great Doors tune and truly underrated. John's marching drums, the lyrics, and especially Jim's vocals. His voice is ragged in parts of this album but on this song it is clear and menacing. At the end of the song the entire group speeds up the tempo and John and Jim completely take over. It all ends suddenly and you think "that's got to be one of their best songs". But there's even more. . . . . my other favorite besides "L'America is "WASP Texas Radio and the Big Beat" complete with more John Densmore magic on drums and Jim using a big, booming voice. This is classic Doors and it leads you right into "Riders on the Storm". Jim picked the perfect song to go out with and this tune is in the top 5 for most Doors fanatics. A great album that is worthy of 5 stars. . . . . . enjoy.


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